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Congrats Dore. What a great honor to have your hand made pottery featured. So happy for you. Love the old trunk and all the history and memories. Ok love love love that beautiful lantern chandelier. That is stunning. If you ever want to sell that piece let me know. It is fabulous.Have a great rest of the week. Loved seeing you pop up on my side bar with a post today.Hugs,Kris

Hi Dore,How exciting for you! Congratulations on your feature in Country French magazine!!! I am biased, of course, because I know how wonderful your dishes are. I use them every day and can attest to the beauty and quality of each piece.I'm glad you were able to remove the dark paints from the trunk. It's wonderful. I have a large one, also. I always wonder what treasures it held all those years ago before it was mine.Have a happy week, Dore. xoxo, T.

Evening Doré,How I enjoyed this post. It is a feast for the eyes and a delightful share. Congrats on the magazine feature, we use your pitcher daily for our half and half with our French press coffee. John and I look forward to enjoying your pasta bowl ... What I also think needs to be mentioned is the care and research you did to find the perfect glazes - glazes that are lead free and hold up to daily use.

I think your chest turned out perfect and in each passing year memories have been stored with the chest as witness to the richness of living lives well loved. Your heirloom holds 250+ years of your family legacy and I love that.

Love your lantern, your repurposed light graces your home with new form and function. I have enjoyed seeing it displayed and propped in your vignette settings and I am intrigued by the beauty it holds in its rustic patina aquired over time.

Oh and I love the hardware on your armoire - sexy in its styling and the twisted grapevine is simplistic bounty from nature. This fall nature is decorating my home and there is much comfort and warmth in its natural rustic state. xoxo,Vera

What an incredible heirloom you have in that trunk, dore! It looks so pristine and fresh. Love seeing your artful pottery in the magazine...what a thrill! I hope you are well as the season changes and so many of us begin to spend more time indoors nesting. My own nest still needs much order! We will get there, and i have some deadlines which are succeeding at getting me there sooner than later. peace and love to you.

Hi Dore~How special that you have the trunk that belonged to your grandparents. It's so beautiful with it's iron handles and it's new finish looks rustic and perfect. The salvaged piece is lovely with the withered vine laying about it. Architectural salvaged pieces are some of my favorites. Congratulations on the feature of your pottery. Such deserved recognition. The lantern was a wonderful find! A very inspiring post with your handmade wreathe and personal touches all around. Thank you and peaceful wishes for your week.

HA, that HAD to be featured there, OH yes!! Well deserved, as your pottery is so "Provence". Only Astier de Vilatte comes close - well, and they are in Paris anyway ;). And then... the TRUNK! Inherited and brought back to life, it seems, it says, hmmm, I feel good... and I sing along "and I know with Doré you would!" :))You spread this French atmosphere, wherever you create, Doré, a true artist, and, ohoo, the LANTERN, hoooooooooooooo, with this delicate inner light-living is a WOW. Just left it there stripped to the beautiful bones, yess. And that you decided, NOT to hang it, and that is is so huge and the inner so delicate, this is art... oh my...Fall is here. With grapewine at your home, hopp (is it called that way? The stuff you need for making beer...) at mine.HAPPY FALL, Doré, and HA! again, congrat´s from me, huggggiiiiies! I am so happy to know your blog :)

Oh my, so much loveliness to enjoy in this new post! First of all, what a special piece to have in your home, something handed down from your grandpa, that you made your own. And love the fall vignette you displayed on top of it. And so happy that your pottery was featured in Country French magazine where it fits perfectly! I am proud to be owner of some of that pottery! It gets used alot but also looks so French Farmhouse displayed in my kitchen. I hope to collect much more of it! The lantern is just so wonderful and genius used on the table! That patina is gorgeous! Love the handmade wreath and the black eyed susan dried on the table adding that touch of fall from nature! That has inspired me to try that this year! Hope you have an enjoyable and creative Autumn season! Lisa Xx

Congratulations, Dore, for the feature in Country French of your gorgeous thrown pottery. So happy for you. What a treasure to have your grandparents' old trunk which you have cleaned up and finished to fit so beautifully in your home. And that lantern...it's definitely a wowie! Love, Love, Love it! Thanks for all the lovely fall inspiration.Mary Alice

Amazingly inspiring and congratulations on the publication! I just adore your posts, every single one. You inherited a gorgeous trunk, your lantern calls to me...your dishes are absolutely gorgeous! You are the Country French I was always looking for! xxxx Rhonda

Congratulations Dore - your pottery is simply gorgeous and I love how it speaks to your design aura. The feature in County French magazine is the perfect compliment to such a wonderful artist and creator that is fully you! As always your images leaving coming back for more and more as each time I see something different. Beautiful Dore...as are you and your soul. Have a wonderful weekend my friend!

Hi Dore,What a find, the lantern has found the perfect home! Congrats on your handmade pottery being available for orders, have fun with that, each one will be unique and made with love.Enjoy the last days of September, looking forward to a cooler Autumn.xo,Gail

dore this post is so incredibly beautiful. i love every single detail from the objects to the story behind them and the photography. congratulations on the french country mention. your dinnerware is stunning. xo

What a wonderful post, Dore'! Congratulations on the feature in the magazine with your pottery! I had to catch up on your previous posts while I was here. I haven't been blogging much this summer. Your blog, and posts are always so beautiful! The lantern you turned into a lamp is gorgeous! I love it!!Have a lovely Fall, dear one.Debbiexo

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I am French and Irish born in Southern California, yet spent a great number of years in the bay area of Northern California. When I moved back to the Southern part in 1986-87 I was on the brink of a new life. I have two children, a son Travis, and a daughter Hannah who have a beauty in expressing who they are. I am in the field of interior design, interior designer and home stager in decorating estate model homes residential, and commercial designs.
A design shop in the bay area co-opted with my mother was the strongest influence in the start of it all. Artist in fine art. My favorite time of any day is making time to create. I love to recycle and reimage found objects that then find their way into the hands and homes of a new place to rest.